The Opelousas courier., 1887-08-27
SCRAPS.

It is said that M. Pasteur has once
more modified his method of anti-rabic
noculations. For simple wounds he has
eturned to the first system of mild at
enuated virus. For bites about the
! ace and head and severe bites about the
body more virulcnt mcdul' &C are used,
out these do not attain the virulence i'm
Heated by NJ. P.steur in his last com
m%unication.
In tha opinion of DIR. M. W. Taylor,
IF the London archaeological Society,
yome common kinds of mould may give
Use to diphtheria. He gives instances
in which scr1eu us outbreaks have been
traced to the mould developed on the
wet plaster OF leaky walls, while old
aceces of wool and mouldy skins appear
also to be sources of diphthcric in
lection.
An interesting series Of experiments
has been made by DR.. J.. w. Frazer On
the influence of our common beverages
on digestion. Among these drinks, he
finds that water is usually the best. OF
infusions, tea or cocoa acts most favor
ebly when bread is eaten, and coffee is
the best fer use with meats or eggs
| Eggs are the best animal food with in
fused beverages, and should be soft
boiled when tea is the beverage, and
hard boiled with coffee or cocoa.
Gold heaters, by hammering, can re-
duce gold so thin that 2s2, 900 must be
laid upon each other to produce the
thickness of an inch; yet each leaf is so
perfect and free from holes that one of
them, laid on any surface, as in gliding
gives the appearance of gold. They are
SO thin that, if formed into a book, 1900
would only occupy the space of a single
leaf of common paper; and an octave
volumn OF an inch thick would have as
many pages as the books of a WE'LL
stocked library of 1900 volumes, with
400 pages in each.
According to a paper read by Mr..
John Murray, before the Royal Society
of Edinburgh, 2243 cubic miles of rain
fall annually on areas with inland drain
age. Such areas extend to II, 4s6, $50
square miles. The land draining directly
to the ocean has an area of "A, gil, 900
square miles, of which SO, 500, $50 square
miles have ten inches or more of rain
fall. The mean discharge from this
area into the ocean is $500 cubic miles
annually. The total weight of sub
stances carried by this means to The
ocean is more than &, 1000, 900, 600 tons
each year.
Cation has pointed out some very Gu
rious facts concerning the children of
professional men. Hefound, from a study
of the heredity OF. the members of some
of the largest scientific societies of Lon
don, that the legal profession presented
The most eminent men and the fewest |
The medical profession came
next, and lastly clergymen, who pro-
duccd the smallest number of eminent
men and the largest number of idiots
and f~ceb.e-minded. The lawyers gave
origin to six times as many eminent men
the clergy. The clergy gave origin to
six times as many idiots and feeble
minded as the lawyers.
The moon, having q much smaller
mass that the earth, will exert its attrac-
tive influence less strongly; and by the
of the same strength Gas on
sarth) a man could leap into the air to
astonishing distance, jumping over
the tallest buildings with the same ease
that he would clear o low obstruction
The same effect would be pro-
iuced upon all other bodies. Horses
would travel at a greatly increased
'peed, and if the rider was thrown tho
consequences of his fall would be much
ess serious; the elephant would become
light-footed as adeer; q stone thrown
y the hand of a careless boy might fall
n an adjoining town before accomplish
its mission of destruction; armies
you'd engage in battles at great dis
from each other; and nearly every :
ind OF labor would be lightened, 1
rom the diminished weight of tools and
Materials.